S/L/102. Explaining Conflicts of Interest in the Criminal Justice System Using the Due Process and Crime Control Models

This paper examines the debate that the due process and crime control models within the criminological sphere are too simplistic to resolve the conflict of interests found in the current criminal justice system (CJS). It further addresses the viewpoint of Herbert Packer (1969), the criminologist responsible for the development of the models and applies his explanations and the debate to the contemporary CJS and explains why these paradigms are too simplistic in their scope.